PRESTON J. FELL,
Preston J. Fell eldest
son of Jesse and Priscilla SANDS FELL, was born February 1, 1836, on the farm owned
and occupied by his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, and still owns and occupies
a part of it. The farm, as owned by his
grandfather, Jonas FELL, included the farm of Mrs. Joseph ELLIS, on the
opposite side of the Buckingham and Doylestown turnpike, and he lived and died there. Jesse FELL, the father of the subject of
this sketch, took up his residence on the farm now occupied by the subject of this sketch
upon his marriage, and his children were all born there, and Preston J. has resided there
all his life. He was educated at Church's
Public school and at the Hughesian Free School of Buckingham. As the eldest son, the responsible care of the
farm devolved upon him at an early age, his father having died when he was but twelve
years of age. He conducted the farm until the
youngest child was of age, and then purchased it, and has conducted it together with the
nursery business ever since. He married,
November 3, 1870, Cassie H., daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth STOVER. The stovers
came to Bucks county from Switzerland about 1727. They
were residents of Bedminster for several generations.
Joseph STOVER lived for a time on the old homestead of his father,
Henry STOVER, but later removed to Buckingham and purchased the farm and mill
property still known as the STOVER Mill.
Preston J. FELL is a Republican in politics, and has always taken an active
part in the affairs of his township and county. He
was director of the poor for three years; has been a member of the township school board
for many years, serving as secretary of the board for five years; and he is also a trustee
of the Hughesian Free School, and president of both the Buckingham and Doylestown Turnpike
Company and the Centreville and Pineville Turnpike Company, and is supervisor and director
of the former company. He is a prominent man
in the community, and has held many positions of trust.
Text taken from page 187 of:
Davis, William W. H., A.M., History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania [New
York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905] Volume III
Transcribed MARCH 2001 by GRACE T. BURTON of
PA as part of the Bucks Co., Early Family
Project, www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/bucksindex.html
Published March 2001 on the Bucks county, Pa., USGenWeb pages at www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/ |
